Auctioneer moving to new Shrewsbury offices
New, purpose-built offices will welcome an auctioneers with branches across Shropshire and Mid Wales in 2013.
Halls is moving into the new year with plans to move to a new headquarters at Battlefield in Shrewsbury close to coming to fruition.
The company is due to move from the Welsh Bridge to new headquarters at Battlefield from March 1, and Peter Willcock, from the firm, said the move reflected strong prospects in the agricultural sector.
"We are upbeat about business prospects in 2013," he said.
"Prospects in agriculture look reasonably good, the fine art market remains strong and the residential property market ended the year on a positive note.
"We are always looking to expand and develop the business, which is demonstrated by the move to our new headquarters and our recent investment in doubling the size of our residential property office in Ellesmere."
The Battlefield development includes two fine art salerooms, offices, storage space, 110 parking spaces and easier access.
"Our new headquarters is going to promote and enhance the fine art department greatly," said Mr Willcock.
"The fine art market has remained strong during 2012, largely driven by Asian buyers, which is why fine art director Jeremy Lamond and senior auctioneer and valuer Andrew Beeston recently spent six days in China at Beijing Art Fair.
"We are also looking forward to diversifying our agricultural professional services and developing the planning services that we offer."
